Crafty Elves Countdown to Christmas September 2023 | Technique Junkies | Christmas Card

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Hello everyone, and welcome to the September 2023 Edition of The Crafty Elves' Countdown to Christmas.  If this is your first time here, on the 25th of each month, I am part of a Christmas collab with some of my Crafty Elf friends - Debra of Meticulosity and Lisa of Life of a BZScrapper - and we each post a fun Christmas or Holiday card to help inspire you to make your own.  

This month we have a Guest Crafty Elf - Pam Kline Stang of Mustang Creations. Links to the other Elves' cards, and to our social media pages, are at the end of this post.   


This month I made a Christmas card using 2 stamps - Christmas Frame and the Gifts of Christmas Set - both from Technique Junkies.

  • I made a top-folding A2 card base using red cardstock.  Then I stamped the Christmas Frame stamp on white cardstock, die-cut it using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle die, and adhered it to the card front.  
  • Next, I colored in the image using a variety of BIC Intensity Ultra Fine Tip Markers.
  • For the center, I cut a piece of red and gold cardstock, used a decorative punch on the corners, and adhered them to the center.  
  • I cut a piece of white cardstock and stamped one of the sentiments from the Gifts of Christmas Set.  I used the same decorative punch on the corners and adhered this to the gold cardstock.  
  • For the inside, I die-cut a piece of white cardstock, die-cut it with a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die, stamped another of the sentiments from the Gifts of Christmas Set, and adhered it to the inside of the card.  
  • Lastly, I added some stickles to the card front to add some shimmer.  

I hope you have enjoyed this card and I really hope you will find time to visit the other Crafty Elves and see what they made.  Their links are all below.  

Michael - World of Michael Trent

Debra - Meticulosity
Blog (today's card)

Lisa - Life of a BZ Scrapper
Blog (today's card)

Pam - Mustang Creations
Blog (today's card)

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today.  I would love to know what you think of this card idea - leave a comment below and, until next time - 

Hugs from Brasil.

~Michael

Comments

  1. Hilda BurtonSeptember 25, 2023 at 8:29 AM

    Beautiful card, Michael! Enjoy your day!

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  2. Denise BryantSeptember 25, 2023 at 12:54 PM

    Love the frame image and beautiful sentiments! Wonderful card!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2023 at 9:38 AM

    Striking Christmas creation, Michael! The dimension is fabulous and I love the glitter glue...just wonderful!

    ReplyDelete

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